New Product import fields are being added with each major Plugin update and regular minor Plugin updates add new import fields ready to be included in imports.

Why use Product Importer Deluxe?

Product Importer Deluxe can generate new Products and/or merge changes against existing Products with live and post-import reporting. Product details assigned to Products within the CSV file are all generated at import time making setting up your next store’s Products a simple one-step import process.

To make store migrations even easier we include free licenses of our popular export Plugin Store Exporter Deluxe so you can immediately export Products from existing WooCommerce store’s ensuring import compatibility.

Native imports

We natively import Product details from many popular WordPress and WooCommerce Plugins including:

WooCommerce Subscriptions

WooCommerce Multilingual (WPML)

WooCommerce Custom Fields

WooCommerce Ultimate Multi Currency Suite

Simple SEO Meta Tags

YITH Brands

Jigoshop SEO Deluxe

Ultimate SEO

Yoast’s WordPress SEO

Custom Fields

MP3 Player Plugin for WordPress

All in One SEO Pack

Advanced Google Product Feed

Related Products

Wholesale Pricing

Native support for additional Plugins are being added with each minor Plugin update and are available to import as soon as you update.

Screenshots

Import files can be sourced from your computer, a file path on your WordPress site or even external sites and FTP/SFTP servers.

Advanced controls are available for finer control over Product imports.

Product imports can be customised to suit your import file needs.

Watch as new Products are populated within your WooCommerce store.

A full import report is shown as the import process runs and can be downloaded after imports.

Reviews

Here's a showcase of Plugin testimonials received from the Comments section which make our day. :)

Luke

11 months ago

This Plugin, alongside Store Exporter Deluxe, is the linch pin of our website stock management. Every single custom use-case scenario anyone could have, I have encountered and Michael and his team have been nothing but incredible with their support.

I've used this for years and as my review from a year ago said, I couldn't recommend it more vehemently.

Great work guys, on the Plugin and the support.

Brandon Lawrence

2 years ago

Michael is quick at responding even when it was user error. Thanks for your help and creating this easy to use Plugin. Don’t know how you do it, but it makes my life a lot easier.

Stefan

2 years ago

Great Plugin that helps exporting and importing large amounts of Products - in particular Michael offers perfect support for implementing also new features to the Plugin, like in my case export and import of per-product add-ons of the WooCommerce Product Add-ons Plugin.
You can see the result in www.tranet.eu

Ron

2 years ago

Love this plugin, it's saved me massive amounts of time in analysing data and doing mass product updates. Michael is very attentive and quick to resolve any issues if there are any.

Tim

2 years ago

We use Product Importer Deluxe everyday and rely heavily on it working well every time for syncing data, stock, etc across our marketplaces. To date it's not let us down and Michael is super fast and helpful whenever we need help. This is a great tool standalone or better still with Store Exporter Deluxe. Buy it and be happy!

MimsTech

2 years ago

This Plugin makes the product import process clean & simple. I'm a novice however I had no problems uploading 8,000+ Products complete with images and custom meta data using the Plugin's simple interface. I can't speak highly enough of my experience using this product!

Tekguild

2 years ago

Support is insanely good and Michael solved a bizarre FTP issue quickly, efficiently and professionally.

I have to be honest - I use WPAllImport a lot and only came across Visser b/c WPAI doesn't support import via FTP. Now that I've seen what it can do and the quality of support, It's going right into my 'highly recommended' bin!

Info579

2 years ago

I love this Plugin! Easy to use and helpful documentation.

And also, good support and quick response. I had a problem with some parts of the process of importing, but after I asked Michael, he solved my problem right away.

Thanks!

Marcus

3 years ago

Have been using since 2016. Great product, love the quick support and the Plugins functionality.

Triều

3 years ago

One of the most useful Plugins in my website. An enthusiastic and friendly support team.

Tulasi Zimmer

3 years ago

We tried out several product import Plugins and WC Product Importer Deluxe is by far the best. Michael was/is extremely helpful in assisting us with minor problems in our data. He responds quickly and is very knowledgeable. We highly recommend this product.

Tim

3 years ago

Just wanted to say that I've tried one or two other import / export plugins for WC but Product Importer Deluxe is by far the best, particularly as it also comes with a license for Store Exporter Deluxe. I've found it very simple to use. It works with minimal configuration and it's saved me a huge amount of time. I must also add that Michael has been incredibly helpful too. Recommended.

Pborde

3 years ago

Michael: Now that I have had the benefit of your great products and incredible support for 12 months, I want to tell you that I love your Plugins and your help has been tremendous. This is an absolutely essential Plugin for us.

Hello, iv been first using your plug in since it was first developed. I have 22 woocommerce stores with over 10,000 products a store. So i have a lot of importing to do. Once woocommerce came out with their own i started using theirs but its been no where as good as yours. With their plug in i can only import upto 50 products at a time and i keep getting duplicates that drive me annoying. I have to convert 1' 9MB excel file into 1,000 excel files. With your plug in i just keep importing the same excel file and it keeps importing without any doubles. Your picture placing is easier and i like your excel format. Its so much better than Woo's and i have so much to import. Thank you for your work and keep it coming :)

Ryan

8 years ago

Hi Michael, Many thanks for the plugin, it's a great timesaver. Thanks, Ryan

Paul Cutcliffe

8 years ago

Excellent, thanks Michael - keep up the good work!

Kim

9 years ago

Everything working GREAT :-)
Thanks Michael - saving me time already!

Russ

9 years ago

Thanks for the quick response. It's nice to see developers have this kind of interaction.

Robert

9 years ago

Holly molly!!! That is the best $95.00 I ever spend. I am still experimenting with 6 items at a time, the product importer worked great LOVE IT.

Comments

Fragor

6 years ago

My need is to import AUTOMATICALLY every hour the quantity of stock every single product from a sheet xml loaded ftp and to export automatically orders occurred in the day as well. Are PID/PED suitable about it?

Hi fragor, we will be announcing a port of our Scheduled Exports engine over to PID in the new year to process automatic imports, you can trigger CSV imports via CRON with a custom URL request with our current Plugin but the XML file format is not yet supported.

Hi Carl, you can manage stock for the Base Product (without Variations) as well as per-Variant (e.g. Size) within WooCommerce without any additional addon.

We already support updating Variants and their Quantity but are moving to a much clearer method than our current ‘merged Product Name’ field with Category separators to one where you match up the Product Name as the Variant and use the Attribute columns to match up how they’re linked (e.g. 1 level, 2 level, etc.). We’ll be announcing this shortly to help with importing/merging of stores with variations.

Hi frgabriel, I’ve had a look at our merge process and it seems we don’t support updating existing SKU’s, to do this we would either need to get the Product ID (which we currently already support) and run the usual merge process or add two separate SKU import fields for merging (the first being SKU (Existing), the second being SKU (New).

We could use the Category separator character to split the contents of the SKU cell (e.g. SKU123|SKU234) where if the Category separator is detected within the cell then we treat them as two separate SKU’s (the first SKU123 being the existing SKU and SKU234 being the new SKU to be set). I can cook this into the next Plugin update if you can get back to me, thoughts?

Well I have a file with the Product IDs, the new SKU, and the old SKU. Since I have the Product ID already, are you saying I can do a regular merge with this as my base field and the new SKUs being mapped to the SKU field? Or do I need to wait for an update?

Hi frgabriel, I’ve baked in support for this in the minor Plugin update that went out moments ago, a new export column called SKU (New) appears if you have existing Products. Setting the Product ID or SKU column will match up the existing Product while the SKU (New) will update the Product with the new SKU value. 🙂

I have a client who’s asked “When we get new quantities of stock in can we use a csv file be uploaded to update the inventory section in the back end of the website and keep it up to date?”

I was thinking of going with WP-ecommece and this plugin – I assume it easily does what they’re after?

If they want to continually update their stock levels, do they have to do a full export import, or can they just have the SKU and the new stock levels on the CSV and update that – will that only update the files on the CSV or whip all the other data clear and only leave the SKU and stock level?

Hi ignitionmedia, we’ve built the WP e-Commerce importer to work with partial CSV files where you just provide the minimum Product details (e.g. SKU or Product Name) and the Quantity and let Product Importer Deluxe do the rest of the magic. That said there is a known merge issue affecting quantities in the WP e-Commerce release of PID that we are working to resolve so it may be hit or miss for variants, etc. until we address this in the next minor Plugin update. There are per-import options to control whether it replaces, merges or deletes missing Products at import time.

As far as i’ve understood, the plugin requires a formatted CSV to start the import process.

Is it possibile to do it automatically?
For example: i have a web-service on another website that could generate a csv file (or whatever i want). Is it possible to create a sort of “cron job” to get this csv automatically?

Hi Stefano, our importer supports CRON jobs but doesn’t yet support external services. Check out the sample CSV’s available here as they’ll give you an idea how your web service CSV should be formatted.

Hello, The Product importer deluxe was working great for a day! i have not added anything or updated anything. I came back to the site to finish work and now the bar at top of the import screen stay on preparing………… it just sits there. normally it would breeze through it. i have tried removing plugins, tried updating permalinks. I tried un installing plugin and re-installing it. product importer 3.2.6, wordpress 3.5.1

Hi designs4kids, this is likely due the guid of your Posts not matching, this is important for Media/Attachments. There are free Plugins available to address this, alternatively get in touch via Premium Support.

Hi, I have a problem Store Import, when I export my products the areas like SKU, title, description,.. aren’t in the same position of the archive when I import. Do you know what I need to do to fix this? Thanks.

I need the functionality described on the site, but apparently all the features referred to as 2.0, 2.97, 3.1.8… including product merge and category import do not come with the version 1.6.8 for Woocommerce, correct?

Hi Jeff, the new import method functionality (new only, merge only, import and merge) will be introduced into the next minor Plugin update for our WooCommerce shortly. The available WooCommerce release of PID already supports basic Product merging as well as Category, Tag and Product Image generation.

Our intention is to make features available to all platforms as close to initial release as possible.

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FAQ

Supported Product fields

Please see the Trello boards listed on the Roadmap tab of this page.

Am I entitled to future Plugin updates?

You sure are, you can always download the latest release of your purchased Plugin from My Account.

What are the required product fields within the CSV to be imported?

The minimum data requirements for importing new products are:

Product Name

The minimum data requirements for merging Product changes are:

SKU

We recommend providing as a minimum for an operating store the following Product fields:

SKU

Product Name

Category

Price

Quantity (for stock limited products)

What import methods are available?

Import new Products only

Import new Products and merge Product changes

Merge Product changes only

Do you have a sample master products CSV file for Product Importer Deluxe?

Can I link a Product to multiple Categories/Tags/Images, etc?

Sure can, just put a '|' (vertical pipe) character between each item, currently all of the above are supported. In a near future Plugin update multiple file downloads will also be included.

Can I declare sub-categories and establish parent-child relationships with the included Product Category Importer for WP e-Commerce?

Roger that, when declaring a child Category ensure you use place an '>' (arrow) character between the parent and child. With the release of 2.6.5 you can drill down up to 3 levels deep, for instance:

Clothes>Men>Casual within the Category column of your CSV file will link a Product to Clothes, Men (as a sub-Category of Clothes) and Casual (as before).

Support

Product Importer Deluxe comes with a Quick Start document (readme.txt) to help with installing the Plugin, a detailed Usage document is also maintained online. Additional support can be found from the Contact page or methods below.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

This Plugin bulk imports hundreds, even thousands of linked Products and Product images into WooCommerce.

See http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/plugins/product-importer-deluxe/

== Installation ==

1. Upload the folder 'woocommerce-product-importer-deluxe' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory
2. Activate 'WooCommerce - Product Importer Deluxe' through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. You can now import Products by reading the below Usage section

== Usage ==

==== Uploading Products ====

1. Open WooCommerce > Product Importer
2. Using the file upload field select your CSV-formatted Product Catalog
3. Set the matching drop down value beside each corresponding column in your uploaded CSV file, this is usually selected automatically
4. If adding images, Under Step 3 – Import Options check 'Are you importing images?' to enable image import support then by selecting an option choose your image import method:
4.1. 'Assigned an image column in the CSV file' means you have a column in your CSV-formatted Product Catalog that has the filename of each product image (e.g. image-0001.jpg, camera-l4w2.jpg, etc.) and that you will be manually uploading your Product images and thumbnail via FTP or the Media Library uploader within the WordPress Administration

IMPORTANT NOTE: If following the 4.1 step above and would prefer to upload Product images via FTP, upload your Product images to /wp-content/uploads/%year%/%month%/, replacing %year% and %month% with the current year and month (e.g. June 4, 2011 is /2011/06/, etc.). If you are not using year/month-based Media ordering then ignore the date folders mentioned. Thumbnails are automatically generated

You must upload the Product images prior to importing Products.

5. You can now manage Products within WooCommerce

That's it!

==== Uploading Products as a CRON task ====

Product Importer Deluxe supports importing via a command line request, to do this you need to a specific URL and pass it the following required inline parameters:

- action: woo_pd-cron
- filename: sample.csv (replace with the CSV filename, the CSV must be uploaded to the Uploads directory within WordPress)
- gui: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will display an import report at the completion of the import, suited to debugging)
- merge: 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will switch the import method to merge Product changes)
- advanced_log = 1 (default: 0, adding this parameter will include additional details in the import log when used in conjunction with the 'gui' parameter)
- key: N/A(*1)

(*1) Support for authorised key will be introduced in a future Plugin update.

1. Upload the CSV to be imported via CRON to the Uploads directory with your preferred FTP manager (defaults to /wp-content/uploads/).

2. Via terminal or your preferred CRON manager add the following URL:

http://www.domain.com/?action=woo_pd-cron&filename=sample.csv&merge=0

== Support ==

If you have any problems, questions or suggestions please raise a support item on the dedicated WooCommerce support forum.

http://www.visser.com.au/woocommerce/forums/

== Disclaimer ==

It is not responsible for any harm or wrong doing this Plugin may cause. Users are fully responsible for their own use. This Plugin is to be used WITHOUT warranty.

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